The federal agency states that vaccination is important because it protects against cancers caused by HPV infections, which include:

Cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancers in women

Penile cancer in men

Anal and oropharynx (back of the throat) cancers and genital warts in both men and women

According to the CDC, one in four people is currently infected with HPV.

Debbie Saslow, director of Cancer Control Intervention for HPV Vaccination and Women’s Cancers at the nonprofit American Cancer Society, tells USA Today that the decline in HPV infection rates will mean less disease related to HPV. Initially, that will mean fewer cases of genital warts and pre-cancers for women in their 20s:

“Then, 10 years later, that’s when we are going to start to see the cancers drop.”

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